British duo claim open water medals Britain made it five swimming medals in Beijing as Keri-Anne Payne and Cassie Patten claimed silver and bronze in the open water event.Payne and Patten set the pace throughout the 10000m race, and were only overhauled in the final 750m by Russian world champion Larisa Ilchenko, who beat Payne by just one and a half seconds to claim gold. (20/08/2008) 
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Bronze for windsurfer Shaw Bryony Shaw secured Britain's fifth sailing medal of the Beijing Olympic Games, coming home second in the RS:X women's medal race to claim a bronze in Qingdao.In a dramatic race, the 25-year-old came in 12 seconds behind Italy's Alessandra Sensini to secure third place overall. (20/08/2008)
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Reade bounces back from early fall Olympic gold medal favourite Shanaze Reade survived an injury scare in her first seeding race for the semi-finals of Thursday's BMX.The 19-year-old, a two-time world champion, crashed on the first bend of the first run through the track at Laoshan in south west Beijing where she scraped her elbow and thigh and looked to be holding her wrist as she came off the course. (20/08/2008)
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Robinho's dream Chelsea move 'broken' Robinho no longer has any chance of joining Chelsea due to Real Madrid's refusal to even discuss a possible deal, according to the Brazilian's advisor.The Blues have been chasing the 24-year-old for most of the summer following their appointment of his countryman Luiz Felipe Scolari and Talks between the two club are believed to have taken place, but Robinho's representative Wagner Ribeiro insists the door has now been closed on the deal by the Bernabeu hierarchy. (20/08/2008)
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Capello: Terry choice down to me Fabio Capello has insisted the choice of John Terry as England captain was his alone.Capello made his announcement to the England squad after training on Tuesday, just an hour before the rest of the world found out, and not even his coaches were aware of his decision. (20/08/2008)
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Terry plays down ambition John Terry has banished any talk of England going for World Cup glory as he begins his second term as captain of the national side.Terry has been given the armband by Fabio Capello in preference to Rio Ferdinand, but there will be no bold predictions of what England can achieve in the future and qualifying for the 2010 finals in Africa will be a deliberate low-key approach . (20/08/2008)
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Pakistan issue Champions Trophy threatPakistan will not participate in the Champions Trophy if the tournament is moved to another country the Pakistan Cricket Board have stated.Australia, England, South Africa and New Zealand have all expressed reservations about competing due to security concerns but if the ICC decide to stage the Champions Trophy elsewhere - Sri Lanka has been touted as a possible destination - the PCB insist Pakistan will not be taking part. (20/08/2008)
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Brilliant Ohuruogu lands 400m gold Christine Ohuruogu sank to her knees in disbelief on Tuesday night after becoming the first British woman ever to win the Olympic 400metres title.Ohuruogu, who won the world title in Osaka last year, produced a storming finish to overhaul favourite Sanya Richards and win in a time of 49.62 seconds. (20/08/2008)
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Hoy celebrates gold hat-trick Chris Hoy has become the first British athlete for 100 years to win three gold medals at a single Olympics with victory in the men's individual sprint.The 32-year-old got the better of team-mate Jason Kenny, who added the silver medal to the gold he won in the team sprint. (20/08/2008)
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England game called off England's Twenty20 international against South Africa has been called off 24 hours in advance following heavy rain at the Chester-le-Street ground.Authorities made the decision to call off England's only competitive Twenty20 game before their Stanford match in Antigua on November 1 after arriving at the ground to find the outfield saturated. (20/08/2008)
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